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bank, log and standing trunk, while epiphytic species of Poly- 

 podium and Elaphoglossum appear in bewildering variety, especi- 

 ally in the elevations above five thousand feet. Along the single 

 trail from Cinchona to Morce's Gap (three miles), over one 

 hundred species of ferns can be seen without leaving the bridle- 

 Since the laboratory at Cinchona was leased by the Garden 

 some sixteen persons have made studies at Cinchona. The 



prior to the date of the lease, making a study of the ferns ; on 

 the second visit he was accompanied by Mr. William R. Maxon 

 of the U. S. National Museum, and by Dr. Johnson and Mr. 

 Forrest Shreve from Johns Hopkins University. During the 

 summer of 1903 Dr. D. T. MacDougal visited the station and 

 accomplished the formal leasing of the property for the Garden. 

 The later students at the laboratory are as follows : 



1903. Professor A. W. Evans, of Yale University, made ex- 

 tensive collections of the hepaticae. He was accompanied by 

 one of his students, Mr. George E. Nichols, who made collec- 

 tions of the higher flora. 



1904. William R. Maxon, of the U. S. National Museum, 

 spent some time studying the ferns of Jamaica. Miss W. J. 

 Robinson, instructor in Vassar College, spent several weeks 

 studying the early stages of certain filmy ferns.* Miss Mary M. 

 Brackett, of Wadleigh High School, remained during the same 

 period, making a study of the embryology of certain Loran- 

 thaceae.f 



1905. Clara E. Cummings, professor of botany in Wellesley, 

 spent several weeks investigating the lichen-flora of the region. 

 She was accompanied for a part of her stay by Martha E. Mer- 

 row, botanist of the Rhode Island Agricultural College. Later 

 in the season and continuing until the late spring of 1906, 

 Dr. Forrest Shreve, of Woman's College, Baltimore, was in 



